Deputy Brian Bigaouette and Jailer Scott Jerkins lead Steven Dean McGinnis from courthouse after sentencing.
39-year-old Knoxville resident Steven Dean McGinnis, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree in September, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday at the Marion County Courthouse.
Deputy Brian Bigaouette and Jailer Scott Jerkins lead Steven Dean McGinnis from courthouse after sentencing.
39-year-old Knoxville resident Steven Dean McGinnis, who was found guilty of murder in the first degree in September, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday at the Marion County Courthouse.
The sentencing of 39-year-old Knoxville resident Steven Dean McGinnis has been moved from November 16 up to Tuesday morning, according to sources familiar with the case.
As a follow up to the verdict reached Friday in the Steven Dean McGinnis murder trial, the widow of the man McGinnis was convicted of killing speaks to KNIA/KRLS News.
As a follow up to the verdict reached Friday in the Steven Dean McGinnis murder trial, the widow of the man McGinnis was convicted of killing speaks to KNIA/KRLS News.
A jury found 39-year-old Knoxville resident Steven Dean McGinnis guilty of murder in the first degree Friday at the Marion County courthouse. In the first murder trial in at least five years in Marion County, the atmosphere both before and after the verdict was heavy with silence, as Mr. McGinnis sat facing the bench with folded hands and a fixed gaze.
Deliberation lasted less than a day. McGinnis’ defense argued during the trial that McGinnis, a Gulf-War veteran diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, was having some kind of PTSD episode when he shot Knoxville resident Robert Ohl, and did not know the consequences of his actions.
However, that was not enough to convince the jury, with the state arguing that McGinnis was fully aware of his actions when he went into his trailer, loaded and chambered his shotgun, went back outside, and shot a seated Ohl three times. The state also argued the fact that McGinnis left the scene and called multiple people saying he had shot Ohl was evidence he knew the difference between right and wrong, and was not experiencing a PTSD-caused hallucination or reliving of a traumatic event.
Marion County Attorney Terry Rachels told KNIA/KRLS News moments after the verdict that given the evidence, he thought it was an appropriate verdict. McGinnis’ defense attorney Richard Phelps was not immediately available for comment.
A sentencing date for McGinnis is set for October 23rd.
Steven Dean McGinnis leaves the Marion County Courthouse with Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies Cliff Wilson and Jailer Scott Jenkins
The legal fate of a 39-year-old Knoxville resident charged with murder in the first degree is in the hands of twelve jury members in the Marion County Courthouse.
Both the defense and state prosecution rested in the murder trial of 39-year-old Knoxville resident Steven Dean McGinnis at the Marion County Courthouse Wednesday.
The trial for a 39-year-old Knoxville resident charged with murder in the first degree is set to resume Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Marion County Courthouse.
Deputy Brian Bigaouette and Jailer Scott Jerkins lead Steven Dean McGinnis from courthouse after sentencing.
Steven Dean McGinnis leaves the Marion County Courthouse with Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies Cliff Wilson and Jailer Scott Jenkins
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